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IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY". 1916.

1 ,121 5,452 Patented Feb. 13 1917.

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ISHAM FRANKLIN 'WILCOXSON, OF DBYDEN, OKLAHOMA.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

Application filed May 17, 1916. Serial N 0. 98,090.

To all whom it may concern: a

Be it known that I, IsHAM FRANKLIN lVILooxsoN, a citizen of the'United States, residing at Dryden, in the county of Harmon, State of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful IroningeBoard; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description 'of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved ironing board, and more particularly to that class of boards that are carried by a stationary support, for instance such as the side wall or the like.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide an ironing board of this kind, so carried by the side wall or other stationary support, as to permit the same to be collapsed adjacent thereto when not in use, there being provisional means for holding the board so collapsed.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an auxiliary brace connecting between the outer end of the board and the main or dominant brace thereof, thereby more firmly reinforcing the board, particularly its outer extremity.

In practical fields the details of construction may necessitate alterations falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the ironing board carried by the side wall, and illustrating an auxiliary brace between the outer extremity of the board and the dominant brace.

Fig. 2 is a View partly in side elevation and partly in section, showing the board of Fig. 1 as collapsed against the side wall, or other support.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of illustrated in Fig. 1.

the ironing board Referring more especially to the drawings l designates the side wall or other stationary support having a hook 2, and arranged considerably below the hook and secured by screws 3 is a pair of cleats 4, and 5 denotes an ironing board, the edges of which at one end are provided with laterally extending pivot pins or pintles 6, which are fulcrumed in bearings of the other extremities of said cleats, whereby the board may be thrown to a vertical'position, or lowered to a horizontal position, as shown in the drawing. When moved to a vertical position, the hook 2 may be turned, to overlie the underface of the board at its free extremity, to hold the board in such vertical position. Secured to the underface of the board 5 by means of screws 7 is a plate 8 having spaced ears 9. A brace 10-is provided, and its upper end portion is provided with a transverse aperture 11, to receive the pivot pin 12 which passes through the ears 9, therefore by means of plate 8, the ears and the pin 12, the brace 10 is pivotally connected to the ironing board 5. Secured by screws 13 to the side wall or other stationary support is a plate 14L having a central enlargement 15, which is provided with an inclined angular socket 16 for the reception of .the inner lower end of the brace 10, which, when the ironing board 5 is lowered to a horizontal position, supports the same against pressure thereon incident to ironing. Near the outer extremity of the ironing board upon its under face a plate 17 is secured by screws 18, and extending down-' wardly and toward the stationary support, is a pair of elongated curved ears 19 having opposite elongated correspondingly curved slots 20. Connected to the dominant or main brace 10 by means of a suitable hinge 21 is an auxiliary brace 22, and extending laterally from the opposite edges of the race 22 adjacent its upper outer extremity are the end portions of thetransversely disposed pin 23. These end portions of the pin .23 engage the elongated curved slots 20, so as to slide therein. By virtue of the plate 17 and its ears, together with the slots 20 and pin 23, itwill be seen that the auxiliary brace 22 is loosely joined or connectedto the outer portion of the ironingboard, in order to permit the ironing board to be collapsed against the side wall or stationary support. In other words the elongated slots 20 compensate for the difference in the distance between where the ironing board is hingedly united to the side wall, and where the auxiliary brace is hingedly connected to the dominant brace, and also compensates for the difference in length between the dominant and auxiliary braces, so as to permit the ironing board to collapse against adapted to extend horizontally therefrom or collapsed thereagainst, of a socket plate secured to the stationary support below the hinged connection of the board to the support, a brace hingedly connected to the underface of the ironing board substantially midway its ends and having its free lower end engaging the socket of the socket plate, 7

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the a plate secured to the underface of the iron ing board near lts outer extremity and havlng a pair of spaced ears extending downwardly and toward the support, an auxiliary brace hinged to the dominant brace near its lower end portion and having its outer upper end portion loosely connected to said spaced cars.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 25 name to this specification in the presence of two subscrlbing witnesses ISHAM FRANKLIN WILCOXSON.

Witnesses:

ROBERT O. VVILHELM, CHARLIE METCALF.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

